The Little Mermaid

Crystal read The Little Mermaid by Hans Cristian Anderson for the first time around 2015, and she was very surprised when she read it because, in every version of the tale she had seen on film, it took place somewhere in Europe, or at least in a fantasy place inspired by Europe. However, when she read the tale, it did not seem like a European setting.

It felt eastern.

Perhaps it was just the translation from the version that Crystal read, but the fact that they would say "palace" instead of "castle" and "temple" instead of "church" really had her thinking. Crystal did a lot of research on where it could have taken place, and I saw the illustrations that Edmund Dulac did for the tale, which have a very heavy Eastern influence. She decided that she wanted to redesign the story set in India. It is still a far-off idea, but I hope to be able to turn this into a full movie one day.